Physics 251 course pageFall 2008Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley From September 22 onward: Mon 1:00-2:00, 325 Le Conte This course is the "Introduction to Research" seminar for all first-year graduate students. There are no homework assignments or exams, but regular attendance is expected. September 1: HOLIDAY (Labor Day) September 8: Prof. Holger Mueller, "Exploring fundamental laws of physics by precision measurements using quantum technologies" September 15: Prof. Ahmet Yildiz September 22: Prof. Charles Townes September 29: Prof. Yury Kolomensky October 6: Prof. Burkhard Militzer (Astrophysics/Earth and Planetary Science), "First-Principles Computer Simulations in Earth and Planetary Science" October 13: Prof. Kam-Biu Luk October 20: Prof. Feng Wang October 27: Prof. Stuart Freedman November 3: Prof. Uros Seljak November 10: Dr. Ernst Sichtermann (Nuclear Science Division, LBL) November 17: Prof. Eliot Quataert (Astrophysics) November 24: Prof. Hartmut Haffner, "Quantum computation with trapped ions" December 1: Prof. Michael Crommie December 8: Prof. Arun Majumdar (Materials Science/Mech. Eng.; Director, EETD, LBL) Schedule as of 9/1 in .pdf format Other research of potential interest: Lasers, Optical Accelerator Systems Integrated Studies Program IceCube Berkeley Group The above files are in pdf format. If necessary they can be converted to PostScript using the utility pdf2ps. Instructor contact informationJoel Moore, Assistant Professor |